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192 Crawford County residents of 80 years and older test positive for COVID-19

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As of Jan. 19, there have been 192 Crawford County residents of 80 years and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 3,097 residents of 80 years and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 6.2 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Jan. 19, there have been 4,788 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 37 deaths from the coronavirus in Crawford County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Test results for the past 10 days in Crawford County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
January 1975,7614,7886.3
January 1875,3594,6486.2
January 1474,5564,4466
January 1374,0774,3655.9
January 1273,7404,2875.8
January 1173,1934,1935.7
January 1072,9314,1045.6

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